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EUROPEAN UNION Structural Funds GOVERNMENT OF ROMANIA SERBIAN GOVERNMENT 2007 - 2013 Contract title: “Technical assistance for multi-annual programming of future cross border cooperation programme in the Romania-Serbia cooperation area” Reference: 1277/STC/2013 Programme: IPA Contracting Authority: Regional Office for Cross Border Cooperation Timișoara Romania-Serbia IPA CBC Programme 2014 - 2020 Territorial Analysis March 2014 EUROPEAN UNION Structural Funds GOVERNMENT OF ROMANIA SERBIAN GOVERNMENT 2007 - 2013 Table of Contents Acronyms 1 1 Introduction 2 2 Eligible area 4 3 Social and demographic structure and dynamics 9 3.1 Rurality 11 3.2 Ethnic Minorities 13 3.3 Demographic trends 14 4 Economic structure and dynamic 20 4.1 The Economic sectors. 24 4.2 Industrial infrastructures 29 4.3 SMEs 30 4.4 Foreign Direct Investments 33 5 The labour market 35 5.1 Education, entrepreneurial development and access to labour market. 41 5.2 Social inclusion and Poverty 44 6 Health care services 48 7 Public Transport and ICT infrastructures 51 7.1 The eligible area in the European Networks 51 7.2 Internal Transport network and accessibility 56 7.3 Cross border points accessibility and flows 58 7.4 E-Society and digital divide 61 8 Environmental resources and infrastructures 63 8.1 Land uses 64 8.2 Natural and cultural resources 65 8.3 Environmental protection, water and Water and waste management, public utilities 70 Investing in your future! Romania-Republic of Serbia IPA Cross-border Cooperation Programme is financed by the European Union under the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) and co-financed by the partner states in the programme. For more information, please access www.romania-serbia.net EUROPEAN UNION Structural Funds GOVERNMENT OF ROMANIA SERBIAN GOVERNMENT 2007 - 2013 8.4 Environmental hotspots and risks 76 9 Tourism 80 9.1 Tourism potential 80 9.2 Tourism facilities 82 9.3 Performance and trends of the tourism sector 84 10 Education, research and innovation 88 10.1 The Educational system 88 10.2 Research and Innovation activities 92 10.3 Smart specialization 93 11 The current CBC programme Romania –Republic of Serbia 95 12 ETC programmes in the area 102 13 Conclusions 106 Investing in your future! Romania-Republic of Serbia IPA Cross-border Cooperation Programme is financed by the European Union under the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) and co-financed by the partner states in the programme. For more information, please access www.romania-serbia.net EUROPEAN UNION Structural Funds GOVERNMENT OF ROMANIA SERBIAN GOVERNMENT 2007 - 2013 Acronyms AP Autonomous Province FDI Foreign Direct Investments GDP Gross domestic product IPA Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance IPA CBC IPA Cross-border Cooperation Programme JTS Joint Technical Secretariat NUTS Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics NUTS 3 Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics (Romania: counties – Serbia: districts) OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development PA Programme Area ROP Regional Operational Programme 2007 - 2013 (REGIO) SEE South East Europe Programme SMEs Small and medium enterprises TA Territorial Analysis FDI Foreign Direct Investment 1 Investing in your future! Romania-Republic of Serbia IPA Cross-border Cooperation Programme is financed by the European Union under the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) and co-financed by the partner states in the programme. For more information, please access www.romania-serbia.net EUROPEAN UNION Structural Funds GOVERNMENT OF ROMANIA SERBIAN GOVERNMENT 2007 - 2013 1 Introduction This Territorial Analysis (TA) provides an overview of the eligible area and the framework – key conditions and constraints – for the strategic planning process for the CBC Programme Romania Serbia. The Analysis relies on information obtained from various sources, including primary and secondary sources alike. The foundation of the analysis has been established using statistical data, and then its content has been further complemented and enriched based on information from analysis of county and district level documents; analysis of documentation delivered from national and local level sources, both in Romania and Republic of Serbia; relevant inputs from the evaluation of the current (2007-2013) Romania-Serbia CBC Programme carried out in 2012. The availability of comparable and homogenous statistical information at the level of NUTS3 units in the two countries represented a relevant constraint for the level of detail that could be achieved. Secondary sources, and studies, surveys carried out by international and national organizations were used to complement, and enrich, the basic statistical information available. The main components of the territorial analysis include the following: . Eligible area administrative and geography description; . Social and demographic structure and dynamics; . Labour Market and Social inclusion; . Health services . Public infrastructures transport services; . Environmental resources and infrastructures; . Tourism; . Education, research and innovation, Smart specialization; . The current CBC programme Romania Serbia; . Other EU and National programmes in the area; 2 Investing in your future! Romania-Republic of Serbia IPA Cross-border Cooperation Programme is financed by the European Union under the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) and co-financed by the partner states in the programme. For more information, please access www.romania-serbia.net EUROPEAN UNION Structural Funds GOVERNMENT OF ROMANIA SERBIAN GOVERNMENT 2007 - 2013 In each part of the report the common characters where described first. Then, the heterogeneity inside the two countries and across the borders have been analysed. Last, the current and potential interactions across the border have been highlighted. 3 Investing in your future! Romania-Republic of Serbia IPA Cross-border Cooperation Programme is financed by the European Union under the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) and co-financed by the partner states in the programme. For more information, please access www.romania-serbia.net EUROPEAN UNION Structural Funds GOVERNMENT OF ROMANIA SERBIAN GOVERNMENT 2007 - 2013 2 Eligible area The eligible area includes a relevant part of the territory of the two countries. 8 NUTS 3 units are included in the area, 5 districts in Serbia and 3 counties in Romania. The area is in the core of the Danube basin and of the European Danube macro region. The population number is balanced on the two sides of the border. The geography of the eligible area is complex and heterogeneous. There are plains in the north (the Banat), and in the south east. There are mountains: the Southern Carpathians range, Western end of the Southern Carpathians, the Veliki Krš, Mali Krš and Stol mountains, dominated by karst formations. In Romania the Mehedinţi Mountains. The Danube generates critical factors of cross-border interaction, and produces many opportunities/needs for cooperation. Other smaller rivers crossing area have relevant impact: Tisa, Timiș, Cerna, Caraș Nera. The eligible area for the programming period 2014-2020 under the IPA CBC programme Serbia Romania will include three counties of Romania, and five districts of the Republic of Serbia1. The programme area is at the centre of the European Danube Macro Region. The two partner countries include a large share of the river basin, their total surface representing 10% of the basin in Serbia and 29% in Romania2. The total area is 39.346 sqkm (56,2 % in Romania/ 43,8% in Serbia), including the Romanian counties Timiş, Caraş-Severin and Mehedinţi, and the Serbian districts (Severno Banatski, Srednje Banatski, Južno Banatski, Braničevski, Borski). 1 DG Regio: draft implementing acts. list of ETC programmes: http://ec.europa.eu/regional _policy/what/ future/experts _documents_en.cfm#2 2 http://www.icpdr.org/main/danube-basin/countries-danube-river-basin 4 Investing in your future! Romania-Republic of Serbia IPA Cross-border Cooperation Programme is financed by the European Union under the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) and co-financed by the partner states in the programme. For more information, please access www.romania-serbia.net EUROPEAN UNION Structural Funds GOVERNMENT OF ROMANIA SERBIAN GOVERNMENT 2007 - 2013 Map 2-1 The eligible area of the Romania Serbia IPA CBC Programme The eligible area is split in two NUTS2 regions in Romania, and two NUTS2 regions in Serbia. In Serbia, the three Banat districts belong to the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, an administrative entity classified as NUTS2 statistical region according to the law 46/2010, that has revised the territorial statistical units in Serbia according to the EU criteria. The Braničevski and Borski districts belong to the NUTS2 statistical region of Southern and Eastern Serbia. In Romania, Mehedinți County belongs to the Development Region South West. The two counties of Caraș-Severin and Timiș belong to the Development Region West. 5 Investing in your future! Romania-Republic of Serbia IPA Cross-border Cooperation Programme is financed by the European Union under the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) and co-financed by the partner states in the programme. For more information, please access www.romania-serbia.net EUROPEAN UNION Structural Funds GOVERNMENT OF ROMANIA SERBIAN GOVERNMENT 2007 - 2013 Country NUTS 3 Administrative status Capital city / units: Seats of districts Romania Timiş County (Judeţ) (NUTS2 West) Timișoara